THE SMASH-HIT SHOW –
NOW A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON!
“IF YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PART OF A MUSICAL, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!”
ABC World News Tonight
Having started in the UK back in 1999, the Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music show has now become a worldwide hit, playing to packed houses across the globe with over 10,000 performances in nine different countries! It’s even filled the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles – three times!
Now you and your entire family can be a part of this fun-filled musical evening when the singing/screen sensation Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music comes to the Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport on Sunday, January 15 at 2pm. Tickets are on sale now ($24 Adults • $22 Students/Seniors • $20 Members) and may be purchased in person at the Box Office (Wed-Sun 12N-5P), by calling 978-462-7336, or on-line at www.firehouse.org.
Let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)…
For those of you not yet converted, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music is a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen Technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along!
The fun-filled show starts with a vocal warm-up led by the evening’s host, our very own John Budzyna who will take the audience through their complimentary ‘magic moments pack’, containing various props to be used at strategic points throughout the film.
Then of course there is the famous fancy-dress competition in which everyone who has come in costume is judged as they enter the theater and prizes are awarded. The more venues played, the more elaborate the costumes get. Previous entries have included:
Nuns of both genders (including a pregnant nun!)
- Girls (and boys!) in white dresses with blue satin sashes
- A lonely Goatherd
- A twenty-strong group of women were joined together and completely covered in fake turf (the Alps!)
- A man in a gold Lycra catsuit (Ray a Drop of Golden Sun)
- A man dressed as a Hasidic Jew in New York (A Jew, a Jew to you and you and you)
- A man dressed in work overalls and a tool belt (Chris the Plumber)
- A gazebo!!
- A Chinese woman came as ‘So Long’
- A carburetor
So get those vocal chords warmed up, cut up those chintz curtains and hurry down to the Firehouse Center for the Arts for another dose of the international smash-hit sensation! It’s the perfect night out for hen parties, birthday celebrations, office outings family trips, or anyone who has ever shed a tear during ‘Edelweiss’! Book early because this show sells out.
Check out the website at www.singalonga.net/usa
This film is rated G and is suitable for all audiences.
The story so far…
After a festival debut in May 1999, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music began running at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End on 13 August 1999 (and has been there ever since). In August 2006, it will celebrate its seventh birthday.
Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music began its UK tour in January 2000. By the end of 2000 it had played in over 100 UK towns and cities, and it’s still going strong over six years later.
The Sing-a-Long phenomenon is now a worldwide success playing in many of the world’s cities including New York, L.A., San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Dublin and Oslo, Amsterdam and Stockholm.
In 2006 it will open its latest production in Sound of Music’s spiritual home, Salzburg, Austria.
Celebrity fans of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music include Dan Ackroyd, Charmian Carr, Carrie Fisher, Elton John (who had a special private screening for his birthday), Debbie Reynolds, Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys, Hugh Grant, Joan Collins and Graham Norton.
Calendar Listing
WHAT: Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music
WHEN: Sunday, January 15 at 2pm
WHERE: Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA
TICKETS: $24 Adults • $22 Students/Seniors • $20 Members. Reserved seating.
For more info please call the Box Office at 978/462-7336 or visit online at www.firehouse.org)
About The Firehouse Center for the Arts- The Firehouse Center for the Arts is member-based organization located on the waterfront in Newburyport, with a 195-seat theater. The Firehouse offers “arts inspired experiences” including film, dance, theatre, concerts, children’s programming, a new works festival, and an art gallery which exhibits works by local and international artists. The Firehouse is handicap accessible.
